Car repair giant AMA Group may have a discovery fight on its hands in its lawsuit against former boss Andrew Hopkins for allegedly defrauding the company of $3 million.
A class action on behalf of Drakes store managers claimed to be worth up to $20 million has settled for $2.2 million, and the law firm behind the proceedings wants a cut of up to $837,000.
Sydney Symphony has been taken to court by its former CEO who claims she was dismissed late last year after investigating multiple claims of sexual harassment by the orchestra’s musicians.
A former judge’s associate has filed a discrimination complaint against the Tasmania Supreme Court alleging she was “shamed and humiliated” out of her role because of her relationship with one of the court’s judges.
The former general counsel of UK-based transit payment service provider Littlepay has lost her bid to access the firm’s financial statements ahead of mediation in a lawsuit alleging she faced discrimination and bullying when she returned to work after the birth of twins.
Sydney law firm Atanaskovic Hartnell has been ordered to pay more than $160,000 to a former general manager who was found by a court to have been the victim of a “campaign of denigration” by one of the firm’s founders.
Aircraft engineers for Qantas have lost a challenge to a ruling that the airline had no “genuine choice” when it stood them down in March 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A judge has denied an “invasive” bid to search hospitality giant Merivale’s payroll systems ahead of an upcoming mediation in a $129 million underpayment class action covering 13,500 employees.
A judge has declined to award costs against a group of nurses who recently dropped their Fair Work lawsuit against Monash Health, saying the case was not “doomed to fail” and noting the “extremity” of the Victorian government’s vaccine mandate for workers.
Questions raised about the structure of a settlement of two wage class actions against supermarket chain Romeo’s don’t just threaten to reduce the law firm’s costs but could derail the whole agreement, a judge has said.